To be fair, the senior partner (wife) and I would have preferred vacations together rather than multiple trips across God's country for baseball, many times it was just me or her as we also have a second kid who played travel sports. I agree with what others have stated, my knucklehead enjoyed the hang outs and bonding at the hotel with his team mates. I definitely enjoyed sharing adult sodas with the parents. Its only been 10 months and I am starting to miss the long drives with oldest. I figure the better exotic vacations with the missus can be taken when the kids are off to college.